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CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — When the police chief of the New Hampshire town of Croydon was told he was being stripped of his duties, he took the news quite literally. Tuesday night, Richard Lee was told the town was disbanding its one-person force, leaving the policing to state police. Lee was told to

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is upset that he can’t bring a life-sized cutout of President Donald Trump for emotional support during his kidney dialysis treatments. Nelson Gibson tells WPBF that no one took issue with the pictures of the president he brought to help him get

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A nearly 400-year-old painting that had long been attributed to someone in Rembrandt’s workshop has now been judged to have been a work of the Dutch master himself. For decades, the Allentown Art Museum displayed an oil-on-oak panel painting called “Portrait of a Young

HONOLULU (AP) – Police in Hawaii are investigating the theft of fruit valued at about $1,000 including durian, which is known for its powerful odor. The Hawaii Police Department says two men entered a property in Hilo on the Big Island and removed 18 durian and other types of fruit Feb. 1.

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — It would have been a glowing moment of triumph. But an effort to break a world record for the most sparklers lit at once has fizzled — because of a technicality. People in Gillette, Wyoming submitted the August event for Guinness World Records posterity, saying they had

A shoplifter trying to get away from a DeLand store stripped naked and steaks tumbled out of his pants, police said. Police found a Stefan Short, 28, of DeLand, running out of the store in the buff, and when he refused to stop officers shot him with a Taser, a report states.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Imagine spending part of your honeymoon in handcuffs — and not in a kinky kind of way. That was the fate of a Louisiana woman who was led from her post-nuptial celebration in cuffs and spent 36 hours in custody — due to a case of mistaken identity. Authorities say